#pearson hates students

[ohihopeicanchangethislater]

I feel like this is better posted on Reddit, but I already looked there and couldn't find anything, so maybe my "fuck the system" girls can help me out over here.

I'm trying to start Dev Math 2 and I already downloaded my textbook for free, but my instructor didn't get the free version of MyMathLab like a kind human being, so now I need an access code.

Does anyone have a good way to hack this?

There are some things I won't pirate, like movies and TV shows, because I actually respect the craft and the creators.

But charging $130 to just to do homework in a subject I don't want to do, learning stuff I've made it 24 years without knowing? Nah, I ain't paying for that.

[contemplatingoutlander]

The Boston Globe: Rümeysa Öztürk: What to know about the Tufts student arrested by immigration officials

Rümeysa Öztürk is a 30 year old Turkish national. She had a valid student visa and until recently was pursuing her third year of doctoral studies at the Tufts University Elliot-Pearson Child Study and Human Development program.

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Late on March 25, 2025, while on her her way to end her daily Ramadan fast with friends, Rümeysa was arrested by DHS agents (some in masks), and taken across state lines, without advance notification, despite a Massachusetts court order (although the DOJ claims she was moved before the court order).

If you haven't heard this slightly built woman cry out in fear, go watch this video. It is heartbreaking.

Rümeysa is currently being detained for possible deportation at the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center in Basile.

South Louisiana ICE Processing Center

Rümeysa's only "crime" seems to have been being one of four authors of a year-old op-ed in a university newspaper (The Tufts Daily) expressing dismay that the Tuft administration was being "dismissive of" some student senate resolutions calling upon Tufts "to divest from companies with direct or indirect ties to Israel."

Yet, the Trump administration, in its haste (and incompetence) to deport immigrants, appears to have incorrectly prejudged Rümeysa to be one of the "bad people" that Trump's administration claims they are rounding up to protect Americans.

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TRUMP: We're getting rid of a lot of bad people…. They’re being taken out. And we hope this court system that's become so active all of a sudden in trying to protect some very, very bad uh… people of crime. Uh, they have to stop.

We already know that the incompetent and cruel Trump administration, has sent innocent people to El Slavador's horrible CECOT prison, like Andrys, a gay, Venezuelan make-up artist who was mistaken to be a member of the Tren de Aragua gang because of his tattoos.

And yet, the Trump administration, as always, denies making mistakes and Trump rails against the judges who are trying to stop innocent people like Rümeysa and Andrys from the cruel excesses of the administration's (often incompetent) deportation practices.

According to CNN, Secretary of State Marco "Rubio suggested without evidence [that Rümeysa] was involved in disruptive student protests over Israel’s military operations in Gaza." Yet, her brother Asim, claimed that aside from cowriting the op-ed, Rümeysa did NOT engage "in any provocative or aggressive action regarding the Palestine issue." And, according to The Boston Globe, people at Tufts who knew Rümeysa said "that she wasn't necessarily a leader of campus activism at Tufts, though she did support Palestinian human rights."

According to a lovely tribute to Rümeysa written by her department at Tufts, she is studying child and adolescent development, and appears to be a caring individual who is highly valued by the Tuft's community. As such, she did not deserve to be spirited away to an ICE detention facility and potentially have her life and graduate studies derailed by an unfair deportation.

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And to think that many of Trump's MAGA followers cheer on this cruel behavior of ICE towards law abiding legal immigrants like Rümeysa whose only "crimes" are that they have chosen in the recent past to express opinions against the needless suffering and deaths of tens of thousands of civilian women, children, and men in Gaza.

STOP THE SIMPLISTIC BLACK-AND-WHITE THINKING: Just because people don't agree with the slaughter of the Gazan people does NOT mean they are pro-Hamas, or support the horrific Oct. 7th terrorist attack against Israel. It is this simplistic black-and-white thinking that Trump's administration and Marco Rubio's State Department are using as a justification for terrorizing innocent graduate students like Rümeysa.

Under Trump, America is being led down a dark path of hate and scapegoating that is limiting the rights of due process of many people in marginalized groups. Trump loves to talk about how his deportation policies are "getting rid of a lot of bad people." But if we as a nation do not ensure due process so that innocents are not swept up and unduly punished in Trump's efforts to control immigration, then we collectively are allowing our nation to become no better than autocracies like Russia and China.

[Below the cut are transcripts of The Boston Globe "Rümeysa Öztürk" video and of the captions in the above gifs made from the The New York Times Video of "Surveillance Footage Shows ICE Arrest of Tufts Student." Below the cut is also an excerpt from a beautiful tribute to Rümeysa from her department at Tufts.]

Above is a link to a truly beautiful tribute to Rümeysa from the people in her department at Tufts. Here is an excerpt from that tribute:

Rumeysa’s presence on campus has been missed, as her genuineness and care for others have been felt deeply here at Tufts. Her fellow students put it best: “Rumeysa is usually the first to arrive on campus: she boils water in the kettle and is ready with a warm greeting. Today, she is still everywhere with us. She is in the Turkish tea that we brewed this morning; she is at the top of our inboxes, planning the pastries she would bring to our iftar tomorrow evening; she is on the wall with her byline in an article about refugee representation in children's television and in a colorful Istanbul postcard; she is in the red swivel chair that she always sits in. Even in a department focused on human development, Rumeysa stands out as someone who reminds us daily of the importance of protecting children, cultivating joy, and connecting to our own deeper humanity. We are not the same without her steady, gentle presence”.

The Boston Globe "Rümeysa Öztürk" Video Transcript

GIULIA MCDONNELL NIETO DEL RIO (NARRATOR): On Tuesday, federal immigration authorities detained Tufts PhD student Rümeysa Öztürk, who is a Turkish national here on a valid visa, according to her attorney, and took her into ICE custody. Video obtained by the Globe shows plainclothes immigration agents approaching Öztürk as she's walking on the sidewalk in Somerville. Öztürk’s attorney has filed a habeas petition in Boston Federal Court asking her client to be released from ICE custody. Öztürk’s arrest comes as the Trump administration is cracking down on illegal immigrants here on green cards or visas, who have participated in some way or another in pro-Palestinian activism on campuses. However, those who know Öztürk told the Globe that she wasn't necessarily a leader of campus activism at Tufts, though she did support Palestinian human rights. Advocates and professors who knew Öztürk said they were absolutely shocked by the apprehension of her by federal immigration authorities. Questions remain about why Öztürk was apprehended as she was here legally on a student visa. Her attorneys and community advocates are pushing to get answers.

Transcript of Captions in Gifs Made From The New York Times Video of "Surveillance Footage Shows ICE Arrest of Tufts Student"

FIRST GIF CAPTIONS: A security camera captured the moment a Tufts University student was arrested by agents from the Department of Homeland Security. Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish citizen, had a valid student visa, according to a statement from her lawyer. SECOND GIF CAPTIONS: Ozturk, who is Muslim, was heading out to break her Ramadan fast with friends when she was detained. The university’s president said administrators were told that Ozturk’s visa had been terminated. The university is trying to verify whether that information is true. THIRD GIF CAPTIONS: Ozturk was listed as a co-author for an opinion essay that criticized university leaders for their stance on the war in Gaza. FOURTH GIF CAPTIONS: A spokesman for Customs and Border Protection did not immediately respond to questions about the case on Wednesday.

[soundkiller0017]

NTR RWBY (Not really)

Narrator: After Salem's defeat and the departure of Ozma our heroes are back in Beacon as students beacuse after Atlas fall the were 'tecnically' not licensed Huntress and Huntsman. So they were back in a rebuilded Beacon who was directed by Headmaster Qrow Braween (Glynda Goodwitch retire after the war ended.). Now in Beacons courtyard we can see the 4 year student Cardin Winchester who still thinks that Beacon was still the same from his 1 first year (he is wrong)

Cardin: Why does Arc, Pine, Ren, Wukong and Xiao Long have hot girlfriends and I the most cool and handsome student dosen't have nothing (he is coping)

Narrator: You see dear viewer, Cardin was obssed with a tag in his +18 content that was call NTR, so he thinks that he can steal and humilated a pearson, beacuse he thinks NTR is cool.

Cardins mind:

Ruby: Oh! Cardin, you are so sexy and hung! I will leave Oscar just to be with you!

Weiss: Same here! Cardin! You are more stronger and hung that the limp dick Jaune has!

Nora: Renny dosen't have the masculinity you have Cardin!

Velvet: I'm just a cum bucket for you master! Sun is a useless animal!

Blake and Yang: Master please! Please make us love dick again

Back to reality:

Cardin: Hahaha! Now all Beacon will see who is the real Giga Chad alpha male stud king of harems!

Narrator: Now with that 'boost' of motivation Cardin decide to 'steal away' the most beatifull women in Beacon

1st attemp: Ruby Rose

Cardin: Hey there sexy Rose!

Ruby visible cringening to the nickname: Hello Cardin. How are you?

Cardin: I'm good. But I heard that Pines is not plesurering you and he is nothing more than a loser femboy farmboy. So how about if I help you *tries to grab her butt* with tha-

Ruby who now is piss: HELL NO!! *grabs Cardin arm and throw him to the neares trashcan* NOBODY TALKS TRASH OF MY PRINCES!!! *goes to look for Oscar*

Cardin: *groans in pain*

2st Attemp: Weiss Schenne

Cardin: Hey Ice Queen!

Weiss not even looking at him and waiting for Jaune to both go to a date: Hello Winchester.

Cardin: I heard that Jauney Boy is not given you atten- *is converted in to a frozen statue*

Weiss: Yeah I know what follows Cardin. And no, I'm not interested in cheating or being close to you. And now that you excuse me, I must go to a date with me boyfriend *goes to where Jaune is waiting*

3th attempt: Nora Valkyrie

Cardin: Hey Valk- *Is hited by Magnhild in the balls*

Nora: NORA SCORES!!!

4th Attemp: Velvet Scarletina

Cardin: Hey there Slut Bunny!

Sun who was nearby: WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU CALLED MY GRILFRIEND BICHESTER!!!??

Cardin shakeking in fear: Nothing Wuko- *is attacked by Velvet with a copy of Crocea Mors*

Velvet: *ALOT of Austrilian insults and slurs* AND GET OUT!!! *grabs Sun abs and start making out with Sun*

5th and final attempt: Blake Belladonna and Yang Xiao Long

Cardin: Hey there bitches!

Blake and Yang who both are furriosly making out not even looking to Cardin: *Both punch Cardin to the orbit*

Later in the hospital

Narrator: And thus Cardin ended in the hospital for all his injuries. What was the moral of the story?

Cardin: Beacon woman are crazy?

Narrator: No you idiot! Is to not act like life is a fucking porno and you are the guy who NTR the MC you dumb fuck!

(Acclarations: I don't hate Cardin, is just that I hate when the use him for NTR, so I decide to create this post with the idea of what would really happend if NTR!Cardin try to steal away women in Beacon and failed misserable)

[strawberrymilkcart]

Rdr2 more modern au shit...

possible jobs ??

Dutch - Philosophy Professor

Hosea - Communications Consultant (?

Arthur - Printmaker

John - Unemployed but searching for jobs

Tilly - University student; majoring in Paralegal studies. Works @ retail clothing store

Marybeth - University student; majoring in English. Minor in Creative Writing. Works @ retail clothing store

Karen - University student; Undecided major.Works @ retail clothing store...

yes the three girls are all coworkers lol.

Molly - University student; majoring in Business. Only attending because all of her family members went to the same school as her.

Sean - University student; majoring in Communications.

Lenny - University student; majoring in Philosophy, planning to attend law school.

Abigail - two part time jobs. One, Busgirl and the other is a custodial assistant. She cant get a full time job because she needs to take care of Jack, and John isnt helping either.

Pearson - cook @ University.

Trelawny - Magician for children's shows.

Strauss - Loan Processor.

Grimshaw - Manager @ Retail Clothing Store thats in the mall

Grimshaw is the girls' manager which makes them all hate her more.

Bill - Construction worker

Uncle - lmfao u think he'd have a job?

Charles - Carpenter ??

Kieran - University student, majoring in Equine Science. House sitter and landscaper for Colm. Also works in the aquarium department of a pet store.

Javier - Works at a Guitar store

micah, cleet and whatever the hell is his name can kiss my ass

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As stated before, Dutch and Hosea raised Tilly, John and Arthur...meaning they bought a house and lived together. (not in a gay couple way. in a friend way /hj)

They still live together despite the kids being grown up. Tilly and John live with them. But Arthur lives on his own.

Dutch and Colm are neighbors. And are rivals in this AU. They often make snarky comments about one another and give glares.

Arthur enjoys being friends with Charles Châtenay, Albert Manson and Algerson Wasp...even though theyre a little erratic. He feels comfortable being around creative people like him c:

Tilly has a crush on Javier. The other girls tease her about it. Arthur knows about it too and will bring it up if he wants to antagonize her (canon btw)

Marybeth and Kieran both have feelings for each other. Tilly and Karen both gag whenever she talks about Kieran. They dont like him because Kieran is associated with Colm.

Lenny has a crush on Jenny :) (i dont want her to die in this au :(...so why not make her live? I dont have much information on her tho.

Arthur's son Isaac is very much alive. (yippee!) so is his mother, Eliza. The two live in a different state but they're doing well, Arthur visits them once a month and always comes for holidays and Isaac's birthday.

Sadie and Jake live happily together too c: Sadie works at a shooting range. Arthur and John visit the range often to blow off some steam or just to bond together with Sadie.

Arthur dislikes how John acts with Abigail and Jack, he tries his best to talk to him about stepping up to be a father but John is a little hard-headed...

FUCK IT EVERYONE IS HAPPY IN THIS ALTERNATIVE UNIVERSE

[mister-snape]

Archetypes of Severus Snape (part 1)

Severus Snape is one of the most controversial characters in J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series. His actions and motives spark debate ranging from self-sacrificing bravery to cruelty and prejudice. To grasp Snape’s psychological nature from every angle, it is useful to examine him through the lens of archetypal theory. This brief study analyses Snape’s image on three levels: by applying Carol Pearson’s system of twelve archetypes, by tracing the stages of the hero’s journey (Joseph Campbell’s monomyth) and by referencing Carl Gustav Jung’s archetypes of the collective unconscious. Such an approach helps reveal the character’s deep-seated motives, follow his inner conflicts and observe his evolution across all seven books.

Disclaimer: everything below reflects my subjective reading of the character based solely on the books (not the films!). I neither idealise nor demonise Snape.

Carol Pearson’s Archetypes in Snape’s Character

The American scholar Carol Pearson distinguishes twelve heroic archetypes, each mirroring certain motivational and behavioural patterns along life’s path. Several of these archetypes can be discerned in Severus Snape—and as the plot develops, the dominant archetypal roles shift. Below I examine the Pearson archetypes most vividly embodied by Snape, supporting every claim with quotations and episodes from the novels.

The Orphan Archetype

Archetype outline. In Pearson’s model the Orphan is the “wounded child” or the outcast who met an unsafe world early on. The Orphan’s bright side shows realism, resilience and empathy for others’ pain—because the person has known deprivation firsthand. Yet the shadow manifests as bitterness, cynicism, distrust and, above all, the victim stance: the Orphan may blame others for misfortunes, expecting special treatment in return for past suffering. In its darkest form the Orphan lashes out even at those who sincerely try to help, harming others and self alike. Such a traumatised individual tends to lock into grievance, a sense of “nobody understands me,” and often anticipates betrayal where none exists.

Key traits. The Orphan seeks safety yet is disillusioned with trust. At its lowest the archetype is a “convinced victim and cynic”; at its highest it recognises vulnerability and the need for mutual support.

Snape as an Orphan

Snape’s childhood unfolded in a troubled family: a tyrannical Muggle father and a witch mother unable to shield her son. A thin, poorly dressed boy with a sallow face and lank hair—the details hint at neglect and lack of care. He learned early that life is unfair.

From childhood Snape shows cynicism and resentment toward the “lucky ones”: Petunia Evans, whom he views as smug, or wealthy schoolmates like James Potter. Friendship with Lily Evans became his single bright spot, yet it, too, collapsed through his own misstep and fascination with Dark Magic. All this forged an Orphan worldview: he feels betrayed—by parents, classmates, life itself.

After the Marauders’ “prank” (when James Potter saves him from the werewolf Sirius had set on him), Snape feels not gratitude but humiliation and hate, convinced one must trust no one. His cynicism is plain in his biting remarks and disbelief in noble motives. As a teacher he mocks students’ and colleagues’ idealism, as though deriding the very idea of selflessness or courage—an echo of the Orphan who expects only the worst.

At Hogwarts Snape is essentially still an orphan despite living parents. Sorted into Slytherin, he likely meets pure-blood snobbery (he himself is a half-blood, a “second-class” status to some). Besides Lily he has no close friends. Instead, there is always an enemy: the Marauders make his life a chain of humiliations. Isolation and displacement—classic Orphan feelings—cause Snape to harden and see only threats and injustice.

Deeply sensitive, he expresses hurt through sarcasm and aggression, hiding behind “thorns.” We see the adult Snape as a cold, caustic, cynical master who trusts no one and expects no good. His own line to Harry—“Perhaps you have not noticed, but life isn’t fair”—perfectly captures an Orphan’s conviction that justice is a myth.

Years later his hostility toward Harry feeds on old pain: Harry incarnates James, the tormentor of Snape’s youth, and reminds him of Lily, whose loss he cannot separate from guilt. Thus Snape often mistreats Harry as if avenging past wrongs. In Philosopher’s Stone he humiliates the boy on the very first Potions lesson with barbed questions. In Prisoner of Azkaban he tries to have Harry expelled. He complains that Potter “has an overinflated opinion of himself,” seeing in him nothing but his father’s arrogance — “pride encoded at the genetic level.” Of course, Harry does sometimes break the rules, but Snape’s response is always disproportionate, signalling projection of old wounds: he remains the hurt boy fighting a hostile world.

Order of the Phoenix reveals Snape’s most agonising memory: James and Sirius publicly bully him; Lily intervenes, Snape, humiliated, calls her “Mudblood,” ending their friendship. Here the Orphan’s bitterness peaks: he pushes away the only helping hand—typical behaviour for someone used to being a victim. Losing Lily, Snape withdraws fully into darkness, joining the Death Eaters. At the lowest expression the Orphan in him becomes the “convinced victim and cynic,” scorning all—including himself.

Archetypal Transformation

Did Severus ever outgrow his inner Orphan? Partly, yes. By the finale he chooses to stop being a victim and instead take responsibility. The guilt over Lily’s death never lets him go, but it shifts from passive self-torment to an active mission of atonement. Snape no longer complains about life’s injustice—he quietly (?) bears his cross, working for years as a double agent. He renounces personal happiness, risks his life and endures hatred without expecting gratitude or understanding (and indeed receives none while alive). Here he transcends the infantile Injured Orphan, becoming a conscious martyr-warrior, as will be seen in later archetypes.

Yet the Orphan’s shadow never quite leaves: Snape carries hidden hurt to the grave, never opening up to anyone (perhaps except Dumbledore) while alive. Only through his post-mortem memories do Harry—and we, the readers—learn the tragedy of this “abandoned child” who spent an entire life emotionally isolated. In the end the Orphan archetype converts from destructive (cynicism, bitterness) into a resigned tragedy: Snape accepts his lonely fate and channels the pain of loss into duty, but inside remains the boy yearning for the world to spare those he loves.

to be continued...

[notsofriendlyfriendlyreminder]

rdr2 as teachers

Dutch van der Linde: teaches social studies and sometimes history, goes on weird rants about his ideologies, he grades on a whim, students have a love hate relationship with him, is the principal but he really shouldn't be

Hosea Matthews: chill geography teacher that used to also teach physics, is generally good but his homeworks are usually hard to understand, you will get a good grade if you show effort and talk to him, leads an afternoon drama club and was a principal for several years

Arthur Morgan: teaches english literature but also pe and also sometimes physics? He also taught math for a year when times were rough. Everyone knows him and he knows everyone, thinks he's not a good teacher but students act good and get good grades with him (they're intimidated), sometimes hangs around in afternoon art clubs

John Marston: math teacher on an art school (yes this specific), none of his students will ever study math so why should he try, let's everyone pass as long as they're not acting up, usually late to class but no one cares

Javier Esquella: music teacher and an extra for spanish classes, his students only sing in his class, no work unless you make him mad, is known for talking shit about other teachers in spanish

Bill Williamson: PE teacher who yells at his students too damn much BUT is actually ok to meet outside of school, will get drunk with his (of age) students on field trips

Micah Bell: the teacher that got kicked out for students complaining, still shows up on some school actions because Dutch always asks him to help with making sure they act right

Charles Smith: really smart chemistry and biology teacher, actually explains it well, strict but students love him type,leadss the longest routes on field trips with Arthur, they usually make them even longer

Sean Macquire: Teacher assistant, no one knows what exactly he studied, just hangs around, will trashtalk teachers without asking, tells students the curent drama happening between staff

Lenny Summers: Teacher assistant finishing up his studies to become history teacher, popular with the students, has lots of energy, sometimes takes over classes when teachers are sick or tired

Sadie Adler: PE teacher who goes hard but also will force you to not participate after you get hurt ("I DO NOT CARE YOU JUST GOT HIT AND YOU BARELY STOPPED THAT NOSEBLEED SIT DOWN."), no one knew that she had a husband until he one day randomly picked her up from school, once got drunk on a prom and finally told her students about her life

Karen Jones: Chemistry teacher who breaks all lab rules, mainly shows them the fun stuff, the rumor is that she knows how to make alcohol very easily, also leads the afternoon drama club with Hosea

Tilly Jackson: Works in the office, helps students with paperwork or with anything they need to, is one of the reasons the school is still running because she fixes Dutchs paperwork mistakes

Mary-Beth Gaskill: english-literature and english language teacher, is the one to help rewrite the plays for the drama clubs, overall helps them a lot, has an after school reading club, they read mainly female and lesserknown authors

Uncle: janitor, doesn't do shit, just hangs around the school, will yell at you for walking inside in outside shoes, no one takes him seriously, some students have a habit to say "I didn't do my homework, I have lumbago!" because of him, mainly in Johns class

Abigail Roberts: Also works in the office, taught math for a year (that's how she got to know John), refuses to fix Dutchs mistakes, small Jack hangs around in the school sometimes, students like him and play with him

Susan Grimshaw: The main lady in the office and also the vice-principal, students thought she and Dutch were maried LMAOO, she shot down those rumors real fast, students either love her or hate her

Pearson: school cook who also has an afternoon cooking class, sometimes forces his students to answer yes chef, smells weird and tells weird stories

Leopold Strauss: German teacher who also takes care of the school money and makes lectures once a year about finance world, the students don't like him but some respect him in a sense that he knows how money works and teaches them real stuff

Josiah Trelawny: randomly shows up and gives lectures about whatever, no one knows if he actually works here or not, does he even have a title? does he have any idea how to teach? The students find him hilarious, also ALWAYS shows up for students proms and somehow knows who your parents and siblings are

Orville Swanson: Teaches social studies with focus on religion, nearly got kicked out several times for going to school drunk, did cry once in class

Kieran Duffy: Biology teacher, half of the students ignore him, the other half pity him, hangs around the book club because of Mary-Beth, the students ship it, once ranted for an entire class about horses

Molly O'Shea: Dutch hired her just because she's pretty, she teaches music and art mainly, eventhough she studied literature, but Susan refuses to give her other classes (she was mad at Dutch for bringing her to school), she is the teacher students have a crush on

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

'Hate' incidents being probed by police include a child who said a classmate smelled like fish, a woman likening another to a Rottweiler and the 'homophobic name Leonard'

By: Emily Jane Davies

Published: 22 Nov, 2024

Police forces have been blasted for investigating 'hate crimes' that include calling someone a Rottweiler or being called a 'Leonard' over a row about a hedge.

NCHIs are meant to be recorded for incidents 'clearly motivated by intentional hostility' and where there is a genuine risk of significant escalation, government guidance says.

But the police have been accused of wasting 'valuable time' on investigating so-called hate crimes such as an 'aggressively-administered haircut' instead of 'real crime'.

One former Met detective said it the situation is 'ridiculous', adding: 'No wonder there is a crimewave in this country.' 

Cases of reported hate crime include a Lithuanian customer who was unhappy with their haircut claimed it was done deliberately because he spoke Russian and the barber was allegedly 'aggressive and rough' as a result.

In one case, a German woman was likened to a Rottweiler in a parking dispute.

In another police were told someone had been homophobic because they referred to someone as a 'Leonard' in a row over a hedge.

Officers have also recorded incidents against children, such as one who called a fellow primary school pupil a 'retard', and against two schoolgirls who said another student smelled 'like fish'.

In 2021, a man was investigated for racial hatred because he whistled the Bob the Builder tune at his neighbour.

Wiltshire police also investigated an incident where a person said others were mocking the length of their hair. 

According to The Sun, Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said: 'This nonsense undermines confidence in policing.'

Around 13,000 NCHIs were recorded in the year to June, and may be diverting badly-needed resources from other crimes as the Met faces axing 2,000 officers.

Ex-detective Peter Bleksley told the newspaper: 'The guidelines suggest you should only intervene in cases like this where there is fear of escalation — who ever had a fear of escalation after a bad haircut?!'

The report was made online and later withdrawn, police said.

An NCHI can remain on file for six years and occasionally be disclosed to a prospective employer.

Reform MP Lee Anderson added: 'Our police have lost control of our streets, and now their bosses have lost control of their minds.'

[ Boris Johnson branded the investigation into Ms Pearson 'appalling' and an attack on free speech ]

It comes after a police force investigating a journalist for allegedly inciting racial hatred recorded 1,500 non-crime hate incidents in just two years while failing to answer non-emergency calls 'swiftly enough'.

According to The Times, a freedom of information response revealed that Essex Police logged 702 non-crime hate incidents between June 2023 and June 2024 and 834 in the 12 months before that.

But a separate police watchdog inspection also found that the force 'doesn't promptly resolve non-emergency calls', which could 'contribute to a loss of confidence in the service'.

One of the 'suspects' recorded on the force's hate incident database was a shopkeeper who refused a person entry to his shop because they had a guide dog with them.

Another complaint was logged when a civilian said they felt their bank was being difficult with them due to their 'skin colour and height'.

It comes as Essex Police faces criticism for investigating Telegraph columnist Allison Pearson over a tweet that was posted, and then quickly deleted, last year.

The force has been condemned for its actions by critics including former prime minister Boris Johnson who have questioned whether investigating hundreds of non-crime hate incidents is worthy of officers' time.

[ The journalist says officers have over-reacted to a year-old post she is said to have written on X, formerly Twitter, before swiftly deleting - this is among her posts this month in response ]

[ Allison Pearson has used X, formerly Twitter, to defend herself and criticise Essex Police ]

Ms Pearson said the police arrived at her door on Remembrance Sunday and told her they were investigating a 'non-crime hate incident'. 

However, Essex Police dispute this and said the officers were clear the alleged offence was inciting racial hatred. 

The Times also revealed last week that UK police forces had recorded more than 13,000 non-crime hate incidents in the past 12 months, including against schoolchildren, vicars and doctors.

Former officer Harry Miller claimed 'the system is broken' and stressed that non-crime hate incidents were 'only supposed to be recorded as a form of intelligence in order to prevent future crime'.

Another non-crime hate incident recorded between April and June this year in Essex saw a suspect allegedly mimicked a victim speaking Arabic.

In a separate incident, an unnamed suspect wrote a tweet on X 'which the victim has found deeply offensive and feels that it is a racist hate crime'.

However, officers say Pearson's tweet is being treated as an alleged criminal offence of inciting racial hatred, rather than a non-crime hate incident.

Responding to the statistics, an Essex Police spokesman said: 'Our work has seen crime fall in Essex, with 9,300 fewer recorded crimes in the last year and 20,000 fewer than five years ago.

'We also know we have the support of our community, with 77 per cent of people in Essex saying they think we do a good or excellent job.

'If someone reports an incident perceived to be motivated by hate or hostility, it will be recorded in accordance with the national standards and process as set out by the College of Policing.

'With every report of this kind made to us, we must consider future risks of significant harm set against freedom of speech and act upon — and record — incidents proportionately and appropriately.'

Newly collected data shows the recording of NCHIs is widespread - with critics questioning whether the investigation of non-crime hate incidents is an appropriate use of police resources, especially in cases regarding children.

Chris Philp, the shadow home secretary and former policing minister, said: 'These examples are obviously totally absurd.

'Pursuing these sorts of incidents is a total waste of police time - they should be concentrating on criminals. It risks having a chilling effect on free speech, one of the fundamental values of this country.'

Journalist Ms Pearson said she was still in her dressing gown when Essex Police officers showed up at her door on Remembrance Sunday.

A spokesman for Essex Police said this week: 'As a police force, we investigate matters which are reported to us without fear or favour, no matter who makes a report or to whom the incident concerns.'

At the time of Ms Pearson's alleged tweet last year, the journalist was regularly posting about Hamas's October 7 attacks on Israel, as well as pro-Palestine demonstrations happening in London.

On Tuesday night, Essex Police said officers had opened an investigation under section 17 of the Public Order Act 1986 relating to material allegedly 'likely or intended to cause racial hatred'.

==

"it will be recorded in accordance with the national standards and process as set out by the College of Policing."

Therein lies the problem. This is not the result of a statute or law implemented through the government. It's the concoction of an unaccountable, ideologically captured organisation that has already been told to stop the practice. This is what it looks like when your entire police force is woke.

Allison Pearson's case has subsequently been dropped but never should have been pursued in the first place.

Shoplifting goes unpursued, but social media posts bring the full force of the law.

The UK has lost its fucking mind.

[ftwkcomic]

My Graduation update

So... Back in May, I had attended my Graduation Ceremony, I had taken pictures with the dean and celebrated as I was graduating from college finally.... ...It turns out I did not graduate. I spoke about this a bit in my discord, apparently I am short 1 single course, a mathematics class. I tried taking a Statistics class during this summer, which I think you all could notice as my work cycle was slowing down a lot. But after 4 weeks of the class, the work was too much, 8 weeks wasn't enough time to absorb all the knowledge of a 16 week semester, and Statistics itself is the most complex math class out of anything I had ever done, and so I had dropped the class. It was draining trying to learn all the formulas, understand the structure of statistics questions, and Pearson's online textbook questions was enough to make me want to shoot myself in the head(having 15 sub-questions in a single question should be criminal and outlawed). So I have to take one more semester for an algebra class to officially graduate. Dropping the stats class felt soul-crushing at the time, I've been attending school for 23 years. Being an autistic child, I had to go to pre-school, attend special-ed classes, ruthlessly be bullied by both students and teachers. Highschool felt like a relief from the special ed classes, I was comfortable in most of my classes, I passed my SAT's on the first try, and even went on a date with a cheerleader that I liked and she liked me back. My first 3 years of high-school was a lot better then the elementary school years of my life. But then my mother had an opportunity for a big promotion at her job, and it required the whole family to move closer north to get this promotion. With no choice in the matter, I spent my senior year of high school away from my friends and the high-school I had grown attached to. The high school I had attended for my senior year, El Toro, felt as if though I had jumped right back into elementary school only worse. There was a requirement to do 8 hours of community service that my high school did not have for a requirement, I had to attend another year of biology, kids did drugs in the bathrooms all the time, and they had a cellular blocking system that prevented students from reading from their phones anywhere on the campus premises. It was a miserable year for me, I wasn't able to make friends at this high school, and I felt like I was going to forever be alone. BUT, one thing that came out of it that was positive was the birth of Frostbite the White Knight, my Super hero OC that I brought to life from my Sonic OC, Frostbite the Husky. 10 years pass, I have well over 100 characters for Frostbite the White Knight, developing a story for him and his friends and enemies, and right now, working on 2 fan series to further expand my knowledge of comic writing and graphic design through trial and error. My plans for the year have been to make a Frostbite the White Knight Pilot comic and a Legend of Amaroth & the Demon Pilot comic, but because of this unexpected delay, will be pushing those projects to next year. It's all annoying and frustrating to me to have worked so hard, only to discover that I need to still work some more for my degree, delaying projects I have been dying to make, and dealing with so much flak for trying to get it done quickly. I want to do story writing and comic books as a career, more than anything. I have such great ideas that I just need to bring out to the world for everyone to see, whether they like it or hate it, whether it costs a dollar or a million dollars, it doesn't matter to me what anyone else thinks about it. I need to bring these stories I have in my head to life. I want Frostbite, Jarrod, Stevenson, Aurora, Garth, Demi, Bonnie, Clara, all the Original Characters I have made thus far into stories and give them life. To entertain, to educate, to have people feel love, hate, grief, relief, sadness, joy, and everything that makes life feel worth it. To do that I can't give up now. I have to carry on, deal with one final semester of college, and get that damn associates degree by whatever means I can. Then finally, feel free enough to do what I feel I have been put on this earth to do. Entertain, educate, and lead by example that kindness and knowledge is more rewarding than hatred and misleading information. To be that Shining White Knight that I have been developing for the past 10 years, and 10 years more if needed. I refuse to give up on this dream, and I will make that dream a reality with the dedication I have given it to this day. To give up now, is to be dead for the rest of my life. Your Shining White Knight, your Dog of war, your Survivalist of the wastes, your succubus supreme, your jackass from the depths of hell -Frostbite aka Alex

[thesegoodart]

TAG GAME — GET TO KNOW YOUR MUTUALS

I was tagged by @daddymus-mamatron (hey btw. Cool to see im tag material hope I make the shot)

Currently Reading: Dessler, Gary. Human Resource Management. 16th Ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education Inc. (if not for the prof I may actually be able to enjoy the book but it’s tainted cause of them)

Last Song: Mary on a cross by ghost (like red flags though but literally right a few song before Mary)

Last Series: the second best hospital in te galaxy

Last Movie: Transformers One (finally found the time and loved it )

Sweet/Salty/Savory: Savory (but very mood dependent when it’s not savory it’s sweet)

Coffee/Tea: Coffee with creamer usually hazelnut flavored or with sugar (preference is brown but will accept what’s given for alternatives), or both

Working On: An accursed human resource management class with a professor hate by all uni students (cause how the FUCK can you write a hundred percent correct answer from the book and still get marked wrong.)

NOW I SUMMON...

….. shit hopefully the most active people in my activity list won’t mind would y’all? I’m always free (maybe kinda idk I got school job now (very happy for that even if it’s temporary) and I care fore grandparents) for an ask or something if y’all want to talk a bit casually.

. . . . . Damn I don’t got no one else here fr fr. Sorry my thing ends here.

[then-ponder]

I already hated Pearson, but for fucks same they failed to actually charge my card, but for what ever reason they actually did charge my card and it went through twice. I swear if both false charges go through they will make a movie about angry college students.

[awalkoflife-arc]

🎰

don't want to panic you at all but i'm kind of obsessed with every single one of these.

isaiah fleming + noelle oliveria: for a little bit of background, noelle is a surgical intern who worked as a stripper to help pay off medical school bills / student loans. i could see this duo being super protective of each other. ride or die vibes. noelle would also love his mom ( she lost her mom during childbirth and only has her dad; he's the chief of police but doesn't know about her strip job ).

collette rayes + kevin pearson: two of the most gorgeous humans ever are you kidding me, uhm okay ??? kevin is an actor, collette is a wedding planner, they could have a totally cute run-in at a wedding where something goes wrong and kevin helps save the day and then absolutely asks for the wedding planner's number. cliché but he totally would and this ship is giving romcom vibes.

kyro lee + betty parker: two golden retriever muses who just want to make each other happy. betty has been a little bit unlucky with relationships but she believes in true love with her whole heart. she would have a love/hate relationship with kyro's career because she wouldn't want him to get hurt but she would always support his dreams.

warren randolph + emmett healy: two rich boys with questionable morals? enough said really. upper crust circles, 'make each other worse' trope. reckless because they can be. emmett is irish, comes from new money, has two younger sisters he's very protective of. this duo would be messy, confrontational and hot af tbh.

samantha carpenter + paxton drakes: my brain just immediately went 'SCREAM AU' because of paxton's fc. this might actually be fun though? paxton and sam could've gone to high school together ( sam went off the rails when she found out she was billy loomis' kid, lot of partying, drug abuse etc ) maybe they reunite when paxton's on a break from touring but a new ghostface threat appears? maybe one of his band's fans is murdered? could be interesting!

@moonvvrites

[thekuraning]

LOL TWO QUIZZES IN MY PEARSON REVEL JAVA CLASS GAVE US ENTIRELY WRONG INSTRUCTIONS COMPARED TO THE ANSWER THEY WANT AND THE SUPPORT INSTRUCTIONS TO REPORT AN ERROR IN THE MATERIAL ARE EITHER OUTDATED OR DONT WORK FOR STUDENTS I HATE YOU PEARSON I HATE YOU SO FUCKING MUCH

[microcroft]

alright so am i the only one that thinks its fucked up that you pay like 85 dollars for an online textbook and then after 12 months you cannot access it anymore?

[sunscreenstudies]

Iconic Things My Coding Professors Have Said (Part 7)

"we'll be using a very heurisitc method today called ‘lets just try our best’”

“by using this model, you might come up with a solution that is sub-par but... hey, thats life"

"some people are cruel and use a blind man in their drawings to explain this graph, but i'm nice so i'll use a blindfolded man instead"

“there was actually a very interesting study done not so long ago where scientists claimed that on days when more ice cream was purchased, more murders occured as well. now, i know what you’re thinking, i’d kill someone for limencello and ferrero rocher ice cream as well BUT in this case, that correlation was wrong and it was just scientists being dumb”

"now so, we’re all off next thursday, but i also have an extra days holiday on friday, so if you're trying to email me then... yeah. good luck”

"this example illustrates why we cannot repeat this exercise on more complex DOM trees because their visual representation gets too big and inaccessible too quickly. In other words: we will not be using a more complex example in a potential exam exercise because the tree would quite simply, not fit on the exam paper”

"you know, there's a little secret that we haven't told you about before... please don't hate us, but we are about to tell you about one of the best kept secrets in the Python universe and it would have made your homework SO much easier"

Prof: “does anyone know what mistake the dumb scientists made? i’ll give you a hint; correlation is not the same as causation, so what else do you think would increase the amount of ice cream bought and also increase the amount of murders committed?”   student: “being human”   prof: “... the correct answer is hot temperatures, but technically, you’re not wrong”

"then we'll be looking a linear model, which is the most important part of this course. you can look at it as... the swiss army knife, if you will, of data models"

"we use the pearson correlation method which is the, uh... vanilla method"

“first of all, you can immediately see that the p-value for gender has changed. why? because i made it like that. why did i make it like that?  god only knows"

"we'll be looking at the titanic dataset which is a really funny data- no, wait, i shouldn't say that, it's not a funny dataset, it's a... nice dataset to- nope, it’s not nice either. entertaining? wait, no, people died. i’m not a pyschopath, i swear"

prof: "so here’s your blindfolded man on top of the curve of the graph"    student: "that’s quite a dangerous place for him to be"   prof: "very dangerous for him, yes, but machine learning is very dangerous... for you especially"

"so it was actually doctors who first created the earliest version of this algorithm by using a nearest neighbors set up. so instead of looking at a new patient and trying to come up with what's wrong with them, they based their diagnosis on similar past cases. for example, if someone came in with blue hair and purple eyes and yellow skin and- wow. this is starting to sound more like a carneval than a hospital. i mean, both places are a joke, but still..."

"this is the way we solved this issue for a lot of people. it seems a bit hacky, but hey, as along as it works"

prof1: "that wasn't too difficult"    prof2: "speak for yourself"    prof1: "i am. i don't know what’s going on with you, but i want nothing to do with this"

"you need two predictors, or more. three way interactions can be... messy, but still possible, much like other three way activites that i could mention, but i won't, because you're still children"

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8

Part 9  | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14

[187days]

Day One Hundred Thirty-Nine

There are four things the SRO knows about me: I train in karate, my GOV class gets high-profile guests, I hate ALICE training, and my family makes maple syrup. He found out that last thing this morning when I offered him a pint from the box my dad mailed to the school (Mrs. R, Mrs. T, and Mr. F got the others). It’s an odd set of facts, so I don’t think he quite knows what to make of me yet.

But he still hasn’t seen me fall down any stairs, so that’s a win. 

My classes today were so-so. APUSGOV was quiet because half of my students were absent- no idea why- and my lesson primarily involved reading up on corporate interest groups. I used “big education” for my first example, and said that, since this was an AP course with a Pearson textbook, they might end up raging against the machine while being inside of it. But it was a good example, and we had a good discussion about it. The other example I had them read about was agribusiness. Also, on a tangent, a student brought up gas companies and their lobbying influence, and then an article about congressional hearings with gas company CEOs popped up on my news feed, so we’ll revisit that next class before I move on to teaching about citizens’ groups.

Today’s World lesson was one of my favorite ones: conditions that promote armed violence. Students examined some specifics outbreaks of violence, then read about what preceded them with the goal of finding commonalities. As I told them: violence is predictable because there are usually pretty glaring warning signs. We discussed those as a class, then did some reading, and that was that. Block 1 was great, as it always is; Block 2 was okay (they did amazing with the lesson, but there’s still some behavior stuff that needed to be addressed); Block 4 made it all of about ten minutes before I assigned seats because there was way too much off-task behavior. The disrespectfulness of it was really frustrating, especially since I’d spoken to them about it before, so I figured enough was enough. The energy in the room definitely got better, although work completion did not. There’s a defiant “I’m not doing anything, then!” attitude the freshmen sometimes adopt when things aren’t going the way they want them to be. Most drop it once they realize it doesn’t have any impact on my decisions, but we’ll see if they do in this class. 

It was the nicest day this week- finally, no wind!- so practice was glorious. M<y sprinters did some 40m dashes, and then I worked with them on blocks and The Head Coach worked with the 4x100m teams on their passes. The Athletic Trainer came out towards the end of practice to talk to The Head Coach, and he and I ended up chatting for a bit about how crazy- and beyond our training- the last few years have been. He said this season he feels like he’s starting to get back to doing what he actually studied to do- though he’s still doing more than that, too- and I said I understood what he meant. Things are returning to “normal,” slowly but surely, but they’re not there yet.

[acosmic]

reading/watching/listening, 2021 [pinned]:

books (favourites asterisked):

*Zeroville - Steve Erickson

*The Day of the Locust - Nathanael West

*The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson

The Bluest Eye - Toni Morrison

The Case Against Satan - Ray Russel

Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art - Scott McCloud

The Shining - Stephen King [ugh]

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns - Frank Miller

*Surfacing - Margaret Atwood

The Love of the Last Tycoon - F. Scott Fitzgerald

Murder Mysteries - Neil Gaiman, P. Craig Russell

The Book of Illusions - Paul Auster

Sandman: Season of Mists - Neil Gaiman

Devil in a Blue Dress - Walter Mosley

*House of Leaves - Mark Z. Danielewski

Come Closer - Sara Gran

*The Drowning Girl - Caitlin R. Kiernan [killer, haven’t finished it]

*Whipping Girl - Julia Serano

Darryl - Jackie Ess

*Laziness Does Not Exist - Devon Price

An Unauthorized Fan Treatise - Lauren James (internet novel available here - for now)

honourable mention/large chunks of poetry but not full books: William Carlos Williams, H.D.

movies:

A Place in the Sun (1951) [hate it]

Barton Fink (1991)

Adaptation (2002)

Nosferatu (1922)

The Maltese Falcon (1941)

Sunset Boulevard (1950)

something by neil breen (roommate is evil)

short films: Illusions (1983), Emak Bakia (1926)

unfinished: The Watermelon Woman (1996), Paterson (2016) [horrible]

secondary sources re: assigned literature:

Batman: “The Dark Knight Errant: Power and Authority in Frank Miller’s Batman: The Dark Knight Returns” - Christopher Bundrick (Riddle Me This, Batman! : Essays on the Universe of the Dark Knight, McFarland, 2011); “Additionality and Cohesion in Transfictional Worlds” - Roberta Pearson, (The Velvet Light Trap, U of Texas, 2017)

House of Leaves: “What’s Beneath the Floorboards: Three Competing Metavoices in the Footnotes of Mark Z. Danielewski’s House of Leaves.” - Michael Hemmingson (Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction, 2011); “House of Leaves: Reading the Networked Novel” - Jessica Pressman, (Studies in American Fiction, 2006)

The Day of the Locust: “Artists in Hollywood: Thomas Hart Benton and Nathanael West Picture America’s Dream Dump” - Erika Doss (The Space Between, 2011); “Productive Desires: Materialist Psychoanalysis and the Hollywood Dream Factory in Nathanael West’s The Day of the Locust” - Todd Hoffman (Literature, Interpretation, Theory, 2018) [interesting but objectionable]; "The Paintings in the Day of the Locust" - Jeffrey Meyers (Anq, 2009)

Nietzsche [secondary source for Layton assignment, read originals later]: “Apollo and Dionysos in Dialectic” and bits of “The Tragic Moment” - Paul Raimond Daniels (Nietzsche and “The Birth of Tragedy,” Routledge, 2014).

secondary sources not explicitly related to specific assigned literature:

film [assigned]: “The Whiteness of Film Noir” - E. Lott (American Literary History, 1997); “Reading Hollywood” - Jonathan Veitch (Salmagundi, 2000); “The Oppositional Gaze: Black Female Spectatorship” - bell hooks (Black Looks: Race and Representation). did a lot of skimming of articles and didn’t finish or thoroughly read many of them! probably missing some. rip.

misc: “The Concept as Ghost: Conceptualization of the Uncanny in Late-Twentieth-Century Theory” - Anneleen Maschelein (Mosaic [Winnipeg], 2002)

refreshing concepts [not assigned]: chapters 3/“Narrative” and “16/Genre” in The Craft of Criticism: Critical Media Studies in Practice (Routledge, 2018)

short stories, poems:

Fritz Leiber - Smoke Ghost

Ray Bradbury - There Will Come Soft Rains

T. S. Eliot - The Waste Land

Irving Layton - The Birth of Tragedy; The Fertile Muck

Margaret Atwood - It is Dangerous To Read Newspapers

Leonard Cohen - The Only Tourist in Havana Turns His Thoughts Homewards; A Kite is a Victim

AJM Smith - The Lonely Land

Jillian Weise - Ashley Shew Just Invented The Word Cryborg

Isabel Fall - Helicopter Story

June Martin - I sexually identify as the “I sexually identify as an attack helicopter” controversy

rest TBA

essays/articles [very, very incomplete]:

A. H. Reaume - Brain fog

Michael Hobbes - Everything you know about obesity is wrong

Charlotte Hyde - We already have a name for that: why “zoom” fatigue is nothing new.

Gretchen Felker-Martin - “I wish there was a world for us”: on the choice to consume small art; What’s the harm in reading?; 

Katie J.M. Baker - The road to terfdom: Mumsnet and the fostering of anti-trans radicalization

Alex V. Green - The Pride flag has a representation problem

Jamie Mackay - The whitewashing of Rome: Colonialism is built on the rubble of a false idea of ancient Rome

Jules Gill-Peterson - A microdose of liberation

David Davis - XVII, Part 3: On genital preference

Marquisele Mercedes - The unbearable whiteness and fatphobia of “anti-diet” dieticians

Sophie Lewis - Collective turn-off

Daniel M. Lavery - Art criticism in a world where museums let you lick the art

re: helicopter story - How Twitter can ruin a life (Emily VanDerWerff); G F-M piece above; Clarkesworld removes Isabel Fall’s story (Mike Glyer); That Twitter thread [on criticism] (Lee Mandelo); The talented victim is not the point (Conor Friedersdorf);

miscellanea:

smaller stuff by more knowledgeable trans than i

a shitton of student presentations, small papers (pretty good), and slides with audio (terrible)

yewchube: corsetry-related videos by costumers, furniture repairs/restoration, recipes/cooking, friend catchup

note: silly formatting meant to aid reading. very, very incomplete. if you want to read any of the books/articles lmk there’s a 90% chance of me still having the file saved.